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MI: Sexual Abuse of Women Went Unheeded- 2 of 5 articles and Human Rights Watch Report

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

SPECIAL REPORT | CHAPTER 1 Sexual assaults on female inmates went unheeded Detroit Free Press BY JEFF SEIDEL ? FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ? January 4, 2009 First of five parts For years, rights groups warned that male guards were sexually assaulting female inmates in Michigan prisons. For years, those warnings went unheeded. Now, state taxpayers may pay a price too. More than 500 women are suing. They stand to collect $50 million so far, with more trials to come. This is their story. Toni Bunton heard the guard coming down the hallway. He wore cheap cologne, and his breath smelled like cigarettes. He scuffed his boots against the floor and opened the door to her cell in Scott Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Plymouth Township. "Come here," he ordered...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).